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Scoundrels & spitballers, writers and Hollywood in the 1930s, Philippe Garnier ; foreword by Eddie Muller

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Scoundrels & spitballers, writers and Hollywood in the 1930s, Philippe Garnier ; foreword by Eddie Muller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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collective biography

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illustrationsportraits

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Scoundrels & spitballers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1202026997

Responsibility statement

Philippe Garnier ; foreword by Eddie Muller

Sub title

writers and Hollywood in the 1930s

Summary

"Scoundrels & Spitballers is to be read more as a book about writers and Hollywood, rather than one about screenwriters in Hollywood. The author stresses the vibrancy and free-for-all giddiness of a period when the film industry was young, and its workers even younger. And, perhaps, along the way these tales might define the important and not-always-negative role Hollywood played in the literary life of the 1930s. Hollywood broke a few writers' souls, but it also helped many and definitely inspired a few. Writers profiled in Scoundrels & Spitballers include: Nathaniel West, John Sanford, Marguerite Roberts, Robert Tasker, John Bright, Rowland Brown, Sam Brown, Niven Busch, James M. Cain, A.I. Bezzerides, Horace McCoy, and W.R. Burnett" --, Provided by publisher

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Scoundrels and spitballers

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